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• It was sinking when I got there...
  by Empress

  Meet the International Fellowship of Royal Privateers or IFRP the owners of that fabulous motto. These scurvy …

  Meet the International Fellowship of Royal Privateers or IFRP the owners of that fabulous motto. These scurvy Sea Dogs and Bitches can be easily identified by their salty demeanors, slightly swaying mode of perambulation and ceaseless preoccupation with the coveting of “booty”. Privateers are one step short of Pirates, as they have managed to petition and receive from the ruling monarchy a license (called a “Letter of Marque”) that basically allows them to plunder the goods of others and not get their necks stretched on the gibbet, just so long as those others are identified as “enemies of the Crown”. If a particular crew’s Captain is not presently with them, they have no direct management aside from vague directives presented by their Council of Captains and the mysterious Admiralty Office. They tend to look rather disreputable, but live by a strict code of ethics and can be trusted to a limited degree. While ashore, they tend to be rather spirited and eager to carouse with the best of you, albeit you may have to learn some sea chanteys and develop a taste for grog to better fit in. Eye patch, parrot and peg-leg are not necessary, though one or all may earn you brownie points for trying. And try not to take offense when one addresses you with “Yo ho!”: it’s just a friendly expression. So, Keelhaul Ass and sign the book, laddies and lassies! There’s booty to, ahem, REDISTRIBUTE and shore leaves to plan! Don’t let your ship of fools sail without you. If you don’t presently know a crew you wish to join or have a billet in mind, check the list of Ships and crew in the Guild Fleet on the official Privateer’s website – IFRP.ORG. Who needs a Press Gang when you can do it all y’rself? Your membership order includes: pin Letter of Marque ID Card Quarter/No Quarter cards handy Chits of Ransom

• Captain Kronos - now there's a vampire movie!
  by Gregoryno6

  Pulled it out of the Horror section at Planet Video(films, books, music, cigarette lighters, stickers) in Mount Lawley this afternoon. An…

  Pulled it out of the Horror section at Planet Video(films, books, music, cigarette lighters, stickers) in Mount Lawley this afternoon. An early 70s classic from Hammer Studios. / Kronos carries two swords, one of which appears to be a Japanese samurai sword, and keeps plenty of garlic nearby. His assistant is a hunchback professor. The lovely Caroline Munro (remember The Golden Voyage of Sinbad?) is well, lovely, even with a dodgy accent. And there’s a young female aristocrat wearing blue eyeshadow with a Twiggy haircut. Maybe they ran out of wigs… Classic line: “What he doesn’t know about vampires wouldn’t fill a flea’s codpiece.”

• Sea Shepherd Captain Challenges Hern to Public Debate!!
  by Crockpot

  Sea Shepherd News / News Releases / 04/15/2008 Watson Challenges Hearn to a Debate The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Loyola Hear…

  Sea Shepherd News / News Releases / 04/15/2008 Watson Challenges Hearn to a Debate The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Loyola Hearn is quick to shoot accusations and mis-information from the hip without pausing to think. But how would he do in a face to face debate with the man he loves to hate. Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society today issued a challenge to Mr. Hearn. “You defend the seal killers and I’ll defend the seals, face to face, in public.” “Mr. Hearn described me as gutless,” said Watson. “It’s easy to call people names but he should demonstrate that he has the ‘guts’ to debate me in public. My bet is he will hide behind some sort of excuse that he won’t dignify me with a debate which means in other words that likes to take his shots from behind.” Captain Watson said he would be willing to debate Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams. “In fact, I’ll even take the two of them on together if they feel the need to support each other.” Captain Watson debated Premier Brian Peckford at Memorial University years ago. “Mr. Peckford defended his position on his home turf quite well I thought,” said Watson and added with a laugh, “but I still think I scored more points in that debate. The point is that Mr. Peckford had the courage to defend his position in a public debate. I don’t think that Hearn or Williams have that kind of integrity; I think they both prefer to take cheap shots behind the skirts of the media. ” Captain Watson will debate Hearn or Williams or the two of them anywhere, anyplace and at anytime. “I think this debate has the potential to be enlightening, amusing and certainly entertaining,” said Captain Watson. “Let’s go for it Loyola, Danny, or the both of you. Hey, it could be fun and the public can judge the merits of our arguments much better.”

• Fun in the Park
  by Dave Pearson

  Just up the road from where I live is the village of Donington. The village’s main c…

  Just up the road from where I live is the village of Donington. The village’s main claim to fame, and one they’re pretty proud of, is that it’s the birthplace of Matthew Flinders. Recently there’s been a lot of work to turn a small field into a park that all the village can enjoy and, yesterday, an event was held there to mark the fact that it’s almost finished. Given that it’s just up the road, and that we’ve got relatives who live there, we decided to pop along and join in the fun. Of course, I took a camera with me.

• Who Would Like To Work In Bourke NSW Australia In The Tourist Industry?
  by JulieMahony

  Hi All, Here is an opportunity to work in Bourke, NSW Australia in the Tourist Industry. Below I have added the application form. Bourke …

  Hi All, Here is an opportunity to work in Bourke, NSW Australia in the Tourist Industry. Below I have added the application form. Bourke has been in draught for near on 7 years but our weather has now turned around. We are thriving on tourism and this is a job that is begging for someone who is diligent, likes to take on challenges and a chance to experience life in the outback of Australia. All the information you need is below for your perusal. If you know of anyone who would like to have a go at this position, please, pass this on to them. You are free to copy and paste this application onto a new document or to direct anyone to this journal entry. If anyone is genuinely interested and you are not able to copy from here, please bubblemail me and I can email it to you. / Just to remind you, my husband and I are the Captains of the paddleboat, P.V. Jandra which you can see in my photos (JulieMahony) and I am also on the Advisory Committee for the Back ‘O Bourke Exhibition Centre, who are wanting someone to fill this position, and that is why I can send this invitation out to you. If you have questions, bubblemail me. Bless you all and thankyou. Julie. Developed: January 2008 1/3 / POSITION TITLE: Manager, Back O’ Bourke Exhibition Centre / POSITION NO: 08/01:07 / DEPARTMENT: Back O’ Bourke Exhibition Centre / GRADE: Grade 6 (Entry to Step 4) / Current Salary Range $1153.60 – $1384.32 pw / RESPONSIBLE TO: General Manager / SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Historian, PV Jandra Deckhand / The Manager of the Exhibition Centre will work closely with the General Manager and Council / staff to ensure the future of the Centre. / Primary Job Purpose / · To direct and supervise the operations and programs of the Back O’ Bourke Exhibition / Centre. This includes Human Resource and Finance management. / · To ensure that the Centre consolidates its position as a major cultural and tourism / facility and national museum / · To ensure the effective development of the Centre and associated business streams / in the short, medium and longer term, including the implementation of an appropriate / strategic and business planning framework that secures the facility’s future viability / · To engender and maintain a culture amongst the staff and volunteers that produces a / harmonious and effective working environment and a positive interaction with visitors / · To represent the interests of the Centre to key partners such as Government, / sponsors, the museum, tourism industries and the local community / Key Selection Criteria / Proven ability to prepare and manage budgets / Proven ability to manage human resources / Proven ability to communicate effectively / Experience in managing tourist related businesses / Ability to work effectively within a team / Experience in marketing tourism products / Car licence / Key Challenges / · To develop and sustain a vibrant, high-quality cultural and tourism facility in a rural / setting / · To maintain and further develop high standards in all areas of service delivery / · To maximise funding and sponsorship contributions / · To optimise marketing opportunities for the Centre / · To act as an effective advocate for the Centre as a major regional and national facility / to all internal and external stakeholders / · To effectively liaise with the local community and tourism industry to develop / ownership, involvement, support and repeat visitation / Developed: January 2008 2/3 / · To develop effective management and operating systems for the Centre / · To manage Human resources / · To develop the skills and capacities of staff and volunteers / · To ensure the seven day a week operations of the Centre / · To meet the appropriate ethical and legal requirements of managing such a facility / · To ensure long term viability of the Back O’ Bourke as a major regional and national / museum / GENERIC PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS / Ethics/probity / All employees are required to carry out their duties in a professional and ethical manner / stepping aside from decision making when there is any potential conflict of / interest. / Equal employment opportunity / All employees are required to comply with Council’s Equal Employment Opportunity / (EEO) criteria. / Public image / All employees are to adopt work practices with the public which reflects positively on / Council and adhere to Council’s Code of Conduct. / Performance appraisals and training / All employees are to advise on training needs, career aspirations and actively participate in / formal employee appraisals. / Cooperation / All employees are to co-operate with fellow staff to help achieve Council’s mission and adhere / to relevant awards, codes and practices. / Occupational health and safety (OHS) / · to ensure that before commencing a task or project that, in consultation with the / involved Council employees, all foreseeable hazards have been identified; / · with regard to the identified hazards that there has been an assessment of the risks / undertaken; / · to be satisfied that the approach adopted for undertaking the risk assessments is / suitable for producing dependable risks assessments; / · in consultation with Council employees, risk management procedures be developed to / control the risks to an acceptable level; / · be satisfied that the adopted risk management procedures represent workable / solutions for controlling the assessed risks; / · with regard to the proposed risk management procedures ensure that there is / available the resources, technical expertise and skills to enable staff to implement the / proposed risk management procedures; / · where necessary advise the appropriate staff member of any identified training / requirements to enable Council employees to carry out the relevant risk management / procedures; / · in reviewing the hazards identification, risk assessment, and the risk management / procedures to be adopted by Council, consideration will be given to other persons who / are not employees of Council and who may be at the workplace. / Record keeping / Developed: January 2008 3/3 / All employees are required to make and keep accurate records of activities that indicate the / business of Council in accordance with the established policies and procedures. All / employees must be aware that records exist in many forms including but not limited to paper / based, electronic, digital and photographic. These requirements are proscribed by the State / Records Act. Any employee who fails to make or keep appropriate records or who destroys / records without proper authorisation may be subject to disciplinary action. / Security / All employees are required to maintain the security of Council property, plant, equipment in / accordance with established policies and procedures. Any employee who is found to have / compromised security may be subject to disciplinary action. / Other duties (outside of specific position requirements) / All employees are expected to undertake any duties that are within their capabilities / as required by management from time to time, whether or not they are a usual function of the / position. Under the provisions of the Award, Council may direct any employee to carry out / duties that are believed to be within the employee’s skills, qualifications, competence and / fitness capabilities. Where an employee is required to perform duties associated with a higher / position, the Use of skills Clause of the Award will apply. / Last review date: ……/………/……… / Agreed to: ……../……/……. / Incumbent’s Signature: …………………………………………. / Supervisor: ………………………………………….. / Mission Statement / “To Build a Strong United Community, Proud of our Past and Committed to our / Future”

• Captains log #1
  by judithtaylor

  Well ‘Such is life’, they say. / (Or was that Ned Kelly as they hung him? 0 / first thanks to all my red bubblers for there awesome comment…

  Well ‘Such is life’, they say. / (Or was that Ned Kelly as they hung him? 0 / first thanks to all my red bubblers for there awesome comments, / some of the comments were more worthy than the poem LOL / A lot of my poems have been written through experience and some from observation / I have dissected my soul to work out how i tick / and when i tried to work out other people / i found i got to a point where i couldn’t comprehend them at all / it is hard some times to stay true to the self / it’s hard to remember sometimes how strong we are / i was labeled with having bi polar symptoms about ten years ago / i refuse to take the CURE!!!!! LOL / I went Right Brain / Yay what a fun time i had / it is hard to speak about to sometimes because of judgements and people with their ears painted on makes it harder / poetry has been my outlet / i am open for collaboration with anyone who reads a poem and thinks they have a picture for it. I would love it. / I plan on being published one day. / I have little mock books but never get to the end of the book .LOL / I am in awe of the artist ic genius we have amongst our litttle red bubble group / Your guys Rock

• Captain Combover : Slightly spooky but almost sexy
  by Mark Henderson

  Based on popular demand i’ve launched Captain Combover part of the D A R K Y vulgar range see it here...

  Based on popular demand i’ve launched Captain Combover part of the D A R K Y vulgar range see it here Also check out Mullet Man